date update

I am excited to report that the second date went really well. I was nervous because I'm nervous about 60% of my waking hours, and also because my sister really wants this to work out. No pressure. We met for dinner at a fancy downtown sushi restaurant and then went to another fancy restaurant for dessert.

I had a bit of a fashion crisis because it was kinda warm yesterday but it is still definitely fall. I wasn't ready to put on a corduroy skirt, but it is decidedly past summer sundress time. I had an outfit all picked out until a friend texted "have fun tonight. show some cleavage." My outfit did not show cleavage. So then I went back to the drawing board. In the end, the dress I picked out was a little more summery than fallish, but I'm guessing he didn't care.

We talked easily for hours. I laughed a lot. We're both excited and nervous to run the marathon on Sunday. He'll finish well before I do, but he wants to stay to cheer me in.

I stayed out way too late for a school night and I'm paying for it today. But it was worth it.

how long does it take to learn, if ever?

I have been dating near 20 years, and I still don't know how to figure out the who-communicates-when and how-available-are-you dances.

I went on a pretty good date this weekend. I enjoyed it. Think he's a nice guy. Want to go out again. But do I email? Call? Text? Wait for him to communicate?

It was left with a "this was great. talk to you later." and a hug at the end of said blind date. Hard to tell what that meant. So by early evening today, I was in a bit of a tizzy over what to do. Had an email draft ready to go to send after class.

But I didn't need to, cuz there was one waiting for me when I got done with class. We're going out again. This is good.

More details when there are some...

things I learned about myself this week

1. I can successfully put out a fire with a fire extinguisher.

2. I can run 17 miles even if I feel like shit the whole time. Slowly, but I can do it,

3. I'm pretty sure I'm gonna love having a new furnace and central air.

4. I'm much happier when I get more than 6 hours of sleep. To be fair, I already knew this. Just got a refresher this week.